Lucy
Ah, but they have their children—think how they adore those beautiful children!
Judge
No, don't think how they adore them, think how they rear those beautiful children—in the streets; one little daughter dead from contagion; one son going to the devil from other things picked up in the street! If marriage is a social institution, look at it socially. Why, a marriage like mine is worth a dozen like theirs—to Society. Look at my well-launched children; look at my useful career, as a jackal to Big Business; look at my now perfectly contented spouse!
Lucy
But if you are divorced!
Judge
Is the object of marriage merely to stay married?
Lucy
But character, think of the character they have gained.